Senior Product Engineer - 3D

1 Month ago • 6-6 Years • 3D Art

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Product Engineer - 3D, you will be responsible for bringing creative ideas to life using your expertise in 3D software and Unreal Engine to build high-fidelity, photo-real visual experiences. You will process CAD/FBX files, import and verify 3D models and textures in Unreal Engine, identify and correct geometry/texture mapping issues, assign and optimize textures, manage vehicle model variations, and render prototypes. Responsibilities also include rigging, animation, modeling, texturing, animating key elements, building 3D environments, and placing/animating virtual cameras. This role requires 6+ years of experience in Maya 3D (or Cinema 4D), 3+ years in Unreal Engine, basic blueprint knowledge, and experience in automotive and high-end rendering pipelines.
Must have:
  • 6+ years of experience in Maya 3D or Cinema 4D
  • 3+ years of experience in Unreal Engine
  • Basic blueprint knowledge
  • Experience in automotive and rendering pipelines
  • Understanding of film, real-time development, and virtual production
Good to have:
  • Solid Works, AutoCAD, or Rhino experience
  • C++ experience
  • Proficiency with post-production and VFX pipelines
Perks:
  • Maternity and parental leave extra days
  • Competitive benefits packages
  • Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
  • Access to online services for families and new parents
  • Impact and Inclusion Board with 13 affinity groups
  • Internal learning and development programs
  • Enterprise-wide employee discounts

Job Details

In your capacity as a Senior Product Engineer - 3D, you play a central role in bringing creative ideas to life.  Drawing from your expertise in various 3D software and extended knowledge of Unreal Engine, you are building high-fidelity, photo-real visual experiences for our clients. You are a key contributor in conceiving and breaking ground, executing on innovative ideas.

*Please note this is not a mechanical or computer engineering role.  


You will: 

  • Intake and process complex CAD and/or FBX files for final use in Unreal Engine 
  • Import and verify the 3D model and textures in Unreal Engine 
  • Identify and correct geometry and texture mapping issues 
  • Assign and optimize textures in multiple lighting scenarios 
  • Manage vehicle model variations and material library in Unreal Engine 
  • Render high-quality, photo-real prototypes and fidelity samples 
  • Execute rigging and animation in Unreal Engine, correct faults if needed 
  • Model, texture and animate key elements to be used in UE environments 
  • Build custom small-medium scale 3D environments  
  • Place and animate virtual cameras 
  • Animate 3D models 

 

You have:

  • 6+ years of experience in Maya 3D (Solid Works, AutoCAD, or Rhino is a plus) or Cinema 4D 
  • 3+ years of experience in Unreal Engine 
  • Basic blueprints knowledge is required, C++ experience is a bonus 
  • Worked in automotive and with high-end rendering pipelines (Arnold and Redshift) 
  • Understanding film, real-time development, and virtual production 
  • Proficiency with post-production and VFX pipelines 


What We Offer:

  • Maternity and parental leave extra days
  • Competitive benefits packages
  • Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
  • Access to online services for families and new parents
  • Impact and Inclusion Board with 13 affinity groups
  • Internal learning and development programs
  • Enterprise-wide employee discounts
  • And more…

 

The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible! Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. To do so, we expect our team to be in our office 5 days per week.

The ask stems from our want to:

  • Strengthen opportunity for continuous learning
  • Improve collaboration and team relationships.
  • Increase employee engagement

This work model balances the need for individual flexibility while maintaining the relentless customer focus we provide at CM. We understand that not everyone may feel comfortable with this expectation, so we ask that you please let us know immediately if there are any concerns so we can help navigate accordingly.

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer. 

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.

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About The Company

Critical Mass is a team of 1,800 inspired folks based in 12 offices around the world, providing full-service digital capabilities for the greatest brands on Earth. Our secret sauce is our uncompromising design standards, our relentless focus on customers, and an ability to put powerful new technologies to work for our clients.


We work with the best—Apple, Nike, Mars Wrigley, Nissan, Diageo, Airbnb, BMW, BNY Mellon, Johnson & Johnson, and many more—brands who strive for connected digital ecosystems and unparalleled experiences. We help them get there by gaining deep insight into their consumers and orchestrating data, AI, design, media, and tech stacks around human stories.


We’re a global agency founded in Canada, but digital is our home. If you know us, then you know we’re a special, quirky place that attracts big talent and tiny egos. (We actually give out a “so f-n nice” award—lots of them). But just because we’re friendly doesn’t mean we’re not a force to be reckoned with. We’re driven. Relentless. And we live our values. We’re Critical Mass, but our friends call us CM. Please call us CM!

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